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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret - 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Curtain Falls, how does Virginia change the blocking?
(a) She gives Dorothee a quick peck and hurries off the stage.
(b) She pulls away from Dorothee's embrace and nuzzles her neck.
(c) She skips the love scene.
(d) She becomes so passionate, Dorothee pulls away.

2. How does Freida respond when Lemml says that Sholem Asch is a genius?
(a) She teases him.
(b) She chides him.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She encourages him.

3. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?
(a) English and French.
(b) German and Yiddish.
(c) Spanish and Chinese.
(d) English and Yiddish.

4. In Full Company Meeting: The Provincetown Playhouse, how does the cast respond when they learn that the Broadway production will not include the romantic rain scene at the end of the play?
(a) They are appalled.
(b) They are nervous.
(c) They are not surprised.
(d) They are relieved.

5. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) Eastman Theatre.
(b) The Vineyard Theatre.
(c) The Stanley Theatre.
(d) The Landmark Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?

2. When was Indecent's first world premieres?

3. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?

4. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?

5. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?

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